GTA Series - Blackboard: The Ultimate Instructional Tool (Session 2 )

Friday, September 8, 2023 :: 12:00-1:30 PM

Park Library | 413

Intended Audience: CMU Graduate Teaching Assistants

How can you leverage the power of Blackboard to be the teaching sidekick you need to facilitate a successful learning experience? In this interactive session, we will explore key system features and tools that help instructors get a "jump start" and efficiently manage the teaching workflow all semester. Additionally, we identify basic tools for maintaining contact, receiving, evaluating, and returning students’ work, and examine support resources to help your learners succeed. Lunch will be provided.

In partnership with the Office of Research and Graduate Studies (ORGS), CIS is pleased to introduce the Building Excellence in Graduate Teaching Assistants Series. These sessions are designed to prepare graduate students for their teaching roles at CMU, enhance their teaching skills, increase their pedagogical knowledge and practice, and equip them with the tools and strategies necessary to effectively support undergraduate education. GTAs receive guidance in various pedagogical techniques, teaching methods, and classroom management strategies.

NOTE: Registration for this session closes at 2:00 p.m. on the day prior to the session.